Yerevan Plans More Arms Acquisitions In 2018
(Azatutyun). The government plans to considerably increase its defense spending next year in order to purchase more weapons and ammunition for Armenia’s armed forces, Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian said on Monday.
Sargsian declined to specify ...
Turkish Intellectuals Risk Arrest After Trip To Artsakh
Armenia - Turkish intellectuals (left to right) Erol Katircioglu, Sait Cetinoglu, Ali Bayramoglu and Ufuk Uras at a news conference in Yerevan, 21Sep2017.
Authorities in Azerbaijan have issued an international arrest ...
Armenia-Kurdistan Flights Continue For Now
(Azatutyun). Weekly flights from Armenia to Iraq’s Kurdistan region continued on Friday despite the Iraqi authorities’ decision to close the region’s airspace to foreign airlines in retaliation for its vote for independence.
A plane belonging ...
Artsakh Soldier Killed by Azerbaijani Fire
STEPANAKERT – Artsakh Defense Army soldier Seyran Sargsyan (b. 1998) was killed on Thursday, September 28 after Azerbaijani forces fired at the southeastern direction of the Line of Contact (LoC) between Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
According to a ...
Armenia Told to ‘Prepare’ for Visa-Free Travel to EU
(Azatutyun). A senior European Union diplomat urged Armenia’s government on Tuesday to start “internal preparations” for the eventual lifting of the EU’s stringent visa requirements for Armenian nationals.
“The experience of Georgia, ...
Karabakh Armenians Hail Kurdish Independence Vote
(Azatutyun). Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership on Wednesday welcomed the holding of a controversial referendum on independence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
By contrast, Armenia’s government reacted cautiously to Monday’s vote condemned by the ...
